History Music / Hizaki

* KansaiRegionalAccent: Listen to Hizaki speak.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Seriously, would you believe that he's a man in his mid-thirties?

* NiceShoes: Black platform boots.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally 6 to 8, although he has his fair share of {{Power Ballad}}s and has gone all the way up to 9 (Music/{{Jupiter}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mrIZypMQQ0 ALLEGORY CAVE]]")

* ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic: Inverted. Hizaki is ''adorable'', but he's also a heavy metal musician whose songs usually occupy the top half of the {{Mohs scale|OfRockAndMetalHardness}} and whose lyrics can get downright ''[[http://crystalscherzo.blogspot.com/2011/10/dry-ice-scream-remove-silence.html creepy]]''.

* ZettaiRyouiki: He doesn't wear short skirts often, but [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyjcbyuPCJ1qka6t8o1_1280.jpg when he does]]...

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Hizaki is known for having a princess role in all his projects.

* RockMeAmadeus: One of his specialties. As a more literal example than most, [[http://youtu.be/62CWlNCZYdo?t=3m4s here's him performing a portion of Beethoven's Symphony No. 40 as part of a guitar solo]].

* IAmTheBand: [[CaptainObvious Hizaki]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Grace Project]].

* LolitaFashion: He is one of the most well-known Lolita models in both the Lolita and Visual Kei subcultures.

* CharacterTics: Known for rapidly and repeatedly jerking his head around while doing guitar solos.

After Hizaki Grace Project's last live performance, Hizaki would later support the {{supergroup}} Node of Scherzo, together with Kamijo, Jasmine You, [[Music/{{D}} Asagi]], Juka and Music/{{Kaya}}. At Node of Scherzo's first live performance, it was announced that Hizaki and Kamijo would be forming a new band with the members of Hizaki Grace Project, plus Yuki of Sugar Trip. The band would later be called Music/{{Versailles}} and become massively successful before parting ways with each other in 2012.
Following the hiatus and subsequent disbandment of Versailles, Hizaki and the other instrumentalists of the band reunited and formed Music/{{Jupiter}} with Zin as the new vocalist.

* Grotesque Romantica/Schwardix Marvally (2002-2004)

* Hizaki Grace Project (2004-2007)
* Node of Scherzo (2007-2008)
* Music/{{Versailles}} (2007-2012)
* Music/{{Jupiter}} (2013-present)

* CharacterTics: Hizaki is known for rapidly and repeatedly jerking his head around while doing guitar solos.

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: There's a running joke among fandom that he's the MrFanservice for the (straight) male fans of the bands he's associated with. [[StupidSexyFlanders This is not entirely inaccurate.]]

* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: A VisualKei staple, although Hizaki takes it farther than most. This has backfired on him on several occasions; he's managed to trip over his own skirt on stage multiple times (one ended up as a FunnyBackgroundEvent in Versailles' final concert DVD). A particular Website/YouTube clip that has circulated shows him falling down during a Versailles concert in London at the beginning of a guitar solo--and still performing it perfectly, without missing a single note.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally a 6 to an 8, although he has his fair share of {{Power Ballad}}s and has gone all the way up to 9 (Music/{{Jupiter}}'s "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mrIZypMQQ0 ALLEGORY CAVE]]")

* VocalDissonance: It's not that his voice is particularly deep (it's not), but even people who are already aware that he's a man get tripped up when they first hear him speak. He's also surprisingly good at providing background HarshVocals when the situation warrants it.

* AmbiguousGender: Whether he's in costume or out of costume, but most especially when he's not in costume.
* AttentionWhore: Sometimes, especially in behind-the-scenes footage.
* {{Badass}}: Easily one of the best guitarists in VisualKei.
* BadassAdorable: By extension. Few people would look at Hizaki and guess that he's an accomplished heavy metal guitarist.
* {{Bishonen}}: Takes the concept of being a PrettyBoy to [[DudeLooksLikeALady its logical extreme]].

* DudeLooksLikeALady: One of the best examples, if not ''the'' crowning example in modern VisualKei, being one of ''very few'' Visual Kei artists who can pull off a perfectly feminine appearance; the other notable ones include Mana of Music/MaliceMizer, Ryu of Music/BloodStainChild, Bou of Music/AnCafe and Shinya of Music/DirEnGrey.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: See the page image? ''That's his real hair.''

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Arguably the best example for the new wave of Visual Kei.

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* AnimeHair: Since the start of his musical career. His styles have also gotten more extreme over the years.

* CharacterTics: Hizaki is known for rapidly and repeatedly jerking his head around while doing guitar solos.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: One of the best examples, if not ''the'' crowning example in modern VisualKei, he is of the "extremely feminine" variety--easily mistaken for a girl both onstage and offstage, and often crossing over into true androgyne. Visual Kei artists who have achieved the same level of [[ViewerGenderConfusion androgyny]] as he does are extremely rare: the few notable ones include Mana of Music/MaliceMizer, Bou of Music/AnCafe and Shinya of Music/DirEnGrey.

* IAmTheBand: Hizaki Grace Project is, obviously, Hizaki.

* TheRedStapler: ESP guitars (especially his [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hQ494HrE-CA/Tq1egmT2OXI/AAAAAAAADl4/GwUlD-9nzAs/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-10-28%2Bat%2B10.48.26.png signature Maiden]]); Baby, The Stars Shine Bright dresses; and [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]].

* {{Bishonen}}

* CostumePorn

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: There's a running joke that he's the MrFanservice for the (straight) male fans of the bands he's associated with. [[StupidSexyFlanders This is not entirely inaccurate.]]

* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally a 6 to an 8.

* TheRedStapler: ESP guitars (especially his [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hQ494HrE-CA/Tq1egmT2OXI/AAAAAAAADl4/GwUlD-9nzAs/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-10-28%2Bat%2B10.48.26.png signature Maiden Rose]]); Baby, The Stars Shine Bright dresses; and [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]].

* ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic: Inverted.

* ZettaiRyouiki

Hizaki is a Japanese VisualKei musician, songwriter record producer and fashion model, best known as the lead guitarist for the [[SymphonicMetal Symphonic]] PowerMetal band Music/{{Versailles}}. Before Versailles, Hizaki has been a member of several independent bands and had a solo career.

Hizaki debuted in 1997 as guitarist of Garnet Grave. After two years, Hizaki and bandmate Hizumi left Garnet grave and formed Crack Brain. Crack Brain disbanded in 2002. Hizaki later formed the band Grotesque Romantica with fellow Crack Brain member Airi. They changed their name to Schwardix Marvally in 2003 and released two [=EPs=]. Schwardix Marvally disbanded in 2004.
Hizaki later started a solo career that same year, releasing two more [=EPs=] before joining Sulfuric Acid until the band's dissolution in 2006.
Hizaki would later form the Hizaki Grace Project with Jasmine You (formerly known as Yuu)) on bass, Teru on guitar, Hikaru on vocals, who was later replace by ex-Moi Dix Mois vocalist Juka, and ex-Sulfuric Acid drummer Seiji, who was later replaced by Mikage.
After Hizaki Grace Project's last live performance, Hizaki would later support the supergroup Node of Scherzo, together with Kamijo, Jasmine You, [[Music/{{D}} Asagi]], Juka and Music/{{Kaya}}. At Node of Scherzo's first live performance, it was announced that Hizaki and Kamijo will be forming a new band with the members of Hizaki Grace Project, plus Yuki of Sugar Trip. The band would later be called Music/{{Versailles}} and become massively successful before parting ways with each other in 2012.
Following the hiatus and subsequent disbandment of Versailles, Hizaki and the other members of the band reunited and formed Music/{{Jupiter}} with Zin as the new vocalist.


!Bands Associated with Hizaki
* Garnet Grave (Joined as guitarist in 1997)

* Node Of Scherzo (2007-2008)

* DudeLooksLikeALady: One of the best examples, if not, THE crowning example in modern VisualKei, he is of the "extremely feminine" variety - easily mistaken for a girl both onstage and offstage, and often crossing over into true androgyne. Visual Kei artists who have achieved the same level of [[ViewerGenderConfusion androgyny]] as he did are extremely rare: the few notable ones included Mana of Music/MaliceMizer, Bou of Music/AnCafe and Shinya of Music/DirEnGrey.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Hizaki is known for the princess role in all his projects.

* HighTurnoverRate: He's been in and out of the music scene, has gone through many bands and has had a successful but unstable solo career

* TheRedStapler: ESP guitars, Baby, The Stars Shine Bright dresses, and [[SesameStreet Elmo]].

[[caption-width-right:319:[[spoiler:Actually a guy]]]]

[[ViewerGenderConfusion And, in case you're wondering]], Hizaki is a '''[[DudeLooksLikeALady man]]'''.

* KansaiRegionalAccent: Listen to him speak.

* NiceShoes: He wears black platform boots.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: The crowning example in modern VisualKei.

* KansaiRegionalAccent: Listen to him speak. There is something different about his manner of speech.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Arguably the best example.

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hizaki_versailles_9124.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[spoiler:[[ViewerGenderConfusion She's]] [[UnsettlingGenderReveal actually]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady a guy]].]]]]

* TheRedStapler: ESP guitars and Baby, The Stars Shine Bright dresses.

* MohsScaleOfRokAndMetalHardness: Generally a 6 to an 8.